Video Playback Activity

 

The Video Activity allows you to add and play a video on a slide. With the Content Tab selected tap the Add button and chose “Add Video“. Videos may be selected from the a Web URL, YouTube, the Photos App Library or the Files App storage area.

Error bubbles display at several levels pointing to the location an error has occurred. In this case the error is no video has been selected.

Select a video from the Photos Library.

Video selected positioned and resized.

Depending on the video type, one more of the below values and settings will be available

  • Edit - Based on the video type this will allow selecting a video. For Web URL and YouTube a text box is displayed to allow entering the video details, for Photos a photo picker allows selecting the video and for Files the file dialog displays allowing the video from storage.

  • Total Length - Length of the video. For some video types the length is only available after the thumbnail is created.

  • File Size - Size of the video stored locally from Photos or Files.

  • Play / Pause button - Allow previewing the video

  • Update Thumbnail button - While video is previewing, tapping will generate the video thumbnail.

  • Flip Thumbnail - Depending on how the video was shot, some thumbnails are displayed upside down. Turning this on before generating the thumbnail will flip the thumbnail right side up. Used for Photos or Files.

  • Mute Video Audio - Allow muting video during playback.

  • Auto release Playback - Video will repeat until the slide is advanced.